Moroccan Amal Imani never participated in the Olympic Games as a wrestler despite her continental success. However, fate had other plans, leading her to participate as a referee in the recent Paris Olympics.
Chris Jansen, the Netherlands' newly appointed Secretary of State for Infrastructure and Water Management, has retracted his support for Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders' 2014 call for «fewer Moroccans» in the country amid growing backlash from across the political spectrum. During a Monday morning television appearance, Jansen reiterated his agreement with Wilders' remarks, which had been ruled insulting to Moroccans as a group by Dutch courts. The comments drew swift
One year after a devastating earthquake struck Morocco in September 2023, residents of the mountain village of Tinmel are working to rebuild their homes and the 12th-century Great Mosque of Tinmel. The quake killed nearly 3,000 people across Morocco, including 15 in Tinmel, and damaged almost 60,000 homes, according to government estimates. The Great Mosque of Tinmel, a marvel of North African architecture, was built by the Almohad Caliph Abd al-Mu'min ibn Ali around 1153 in the village of
Following its defeat in the Sand War, Algeria considered surprising Morocco and occupying the border town of Figuig, according to a CIA document.
Spain's National Court has ruled that poverty in Morocco does not qualify as grounds for asylum, rejecting an appeal from a Moroccan man who entered Ceuta by swimming during the May 2021 migration crisis. The court stated that «alleged poverty or labor and economic needs» are insufficient to constitute a social group meriting asylum protection, according to Spanish media outlet rtvce. It dismissed the appellant's claim of «terror of dying from not being able to feed
Two shepherds were killed in a terrorist attack near the Algerian-Moroccan border on Monday, 16 September, according to local authorities. The incident occurred in a forested area of Beni Snouss in western Algeria. The victims, identified as Abdelhamid Jorda, 40, and Abdelkader Ben Chert, 43, were working when they were attacked by an armed group. Following the assault, the attackers rigged the crime scene with explosives, injuring three soldiers who arrived to recover the bodies. While the
The city of Gioia Tauro in Calabria, Italy, has allocated space in the prestigious Palazzo Sant'Ippolito to serve as the headquarters for the Honorary Consulate of the Kingdom of Morocco for the Calabria region, according to Italian media The municipal administration, led by Mayor Simona Scarcella, made this decision to support the approximately 15,000 Moroccans living in Calabria, who will now have a point of reference in Gioia Tauro. In addition to being home to a strategically important
A 52-year-old Moroccan national, identified as N.N., was killed in the Italian coastal city of Viareggio after allegedly stealing a handbag from a 65-year-old Italian businesswoman and socialite, C.D.P. Local Italian media reports indicate that CCTV footage shows the Moroccan man walking past a shop when the woman's Mercedes SUV suddenly rams into him at high speed. The vehicle then reverses back and forth over his body four times before she exits the car, retrieves her handbag, and drives
Morocco has been classified in the top tier of the 2024 Global Cybersecurity Index, indicating strong national cybersecurity measures, according to the International Telecommunication Union(ITU) report.
In a significant milestone for Morocco's automotive industry, the North African country has surpassed China to become the European Union's leading trading partner in the automotive sector. According to data from the Moroccan Foreign Exchange Office and the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA), Morocco's automotive exports to the EU reached €15.1 billion in 2023, edging out China's €13.6 billion. This achievement stems from strategic investments in industrial
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